decorticate
verb
[ diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt ]
• remove the bark, rind, or husk from.
• "tamarind seeds were cleaned, roasted, decorticated, and pulverized"
• subject to surgical decortication.
decorticate
adjective
• having had the cortex of the brain removed or separated.
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin decorticat- ‘stripped of its bark’, from the verb decorticare, from de- (expressing removal) + cortex, cortic- ‘bark’.
